Chapter 39: Ghost Island
I can think of this level, Jiang Shaoyan can too. He hurriedly expressed his stance to the evil king, saying that the thief had nothing to do with him and the old cat, and was not the islander they had secretly brought up.
The evil king didn't say anything more to us, and immediately gave orders to the little dwarfs, stop all the work at hand, take weapons and search the ship carefully, and once they found suspicious outsiders, they would be killed.
The dwarfs did so. And our lunch this time was also ruined, and no one cooked at all.
The Evil Lord didn't give the four of us orders, and after they left, the dining room seemed quiet. Jiang Shaoyan and the old cat still took out the posture of standing in the phalanx, and did not move.
I didn't care about this meal, after thinking about it, I asked Jiang Shaoyan, "Did he lie or not, if he was really a Tibetan, confess to the evil monarch as soon as possible, otherwise looking at the evil monarch's current strength, this person will really be found out and won't survive!" ”
Jiang Shaoyan just shook his head and replied to me, and he and the old cat looked at each other meaningfully.
There are only four of us here, and Jiang Shaoyan can't hide it from me. I suddenly realized a question, how did this person come about?
Then the four of us went out of the restaurant. The Aquaman stopped sailing for three hours, during which time the dwarfs were busy, but nothing was found.
In the end, the evil king reluctantly gave an order, saying that this was done in advance and dealt with later.
I don't know what other people think, but anyway, I always feel like I'm pressing a stone in my heart, and I don't think it's that simple.
After another day's sailing, one before dusk, the sound of gongs came from the deck, and the four of us went out from the boiler room to find a large island ahead.
It is said that it is normal for islands to appear in the sea, but when I look at the island in front of me, I can be sure that it is the ghost island we are looking for.
It covers a large area, purely in my personal estimation, and I don't think this island can be managed to make thousands of square kilometers. It is not even an exaggeration to say that it is more than enough to build a small town on it.
What impressed me the most was that there was a high mountain in the middle of the island, which had a very special shape, like the upper part of a skull. In addition, the vegetation on the island is very lush, almost entirely covered by forests and grass.
The Aquaman was grounded, and we all gathered at the bow, and I saw the Evil King holding a large black skin in his hand.
I knew that the Evil King would always have messy and strange things, and it was not strange to see it, but when the Evil King saw us, he waved at me and asked me to go over and pull the big skin away with him.
I can't help but help, and when I got so close, I saw that there were two small **s on the big skin, both of which were male. It was like electricity in my head, and it dawned on me that it was a human skin.
I thought of the dried corpse on the raft, who had disappeared since he had been alone with him. It is estimated that the evil king dug out the skin of his chest and abandoned him casually, right?
I was a little uncomfortable, so I didn't say much. The evil monarch looked at the human skin coldly, and called out four more dwarfs, asking them to bite the tip of their tongues and spray blood on the human skin.
The dwarfs are all mute, they can't speak anyway, and it doesn't matter so much whether they hurt the tip of their tongue or not. They came up one after the other, and poofed.
I think these four people are quite ruthless, and the amount of bleeding from one mouth is not small, and what is even more evil is that the human skin is soaked in blood, and patterns gradually appear on it.
At first, the pattern was very light, and it was also a small piece, and I couldn't see anything. The evil monarch took out a look of appreciation, and occasionally compared and looked at the ghost island in front of him.
I realized that this pattern was a map.
The evil monarch didn't explain much, and after taking a preliminary look at the map, he put it away, saying that the ghost island has not changed much over the years.
He let the ship sail again, but he wouldn't let the four of us burn coal. The Sea King sailed and approached the ghost island little by little.
There was nothing to do with the four of us for a while, and we all gathered at the bow of the boat. I mean, now that we've seen Ghost Island, do we have to discuss what to do next? And Jiang Shaoyan never said what the purpose of our visit this time was.
I looked at Jiang Shaoyan and waited for him to speak. But Jiang Shaoyan was not in a good state, leaning on the railing and bowing his head, his face slightly pale.
I wondered if he had a cold and fever, and I wanted to reach out and touch his forehead, but I also knew that his forehead was forbidden and not allowed to be touched.
I asked with concern. Jiang Shaoyan still didn't speak, and after a while, he squatted next to the railing, looking even more wizened.
The iron donkey and the old cat were also concerned about his condition, but they were not as anxious as I was. I paid attention to their expressions, and I had a feeling that they seemed to know what was wrong with Jiang Shaoyan.
After the Sea King sailed to the shore of Oni Island, the four of us couldn't get together, and the Evil Lord called us over to help.
Together with the dwarfs, we put some material on the boat and sent it to the shore, including tents. Then we set up camp in a meadow, where the terrain was a transition, with the coast behind us and a dense forest in front.
When I was visiting Onijima for the first time, I wanted to set up a tent and take a walk around the area. But when we were done, it was dark, and the evil king strictly ordered that no one should walk around, even if they peed and, they should not be too far away, and they should not go out of the tent group twenty meters away.
I had no choice but to obey orders like everyone else. In the evening, we still ate the food we took from the boat, which was shark meat.
I lived in one tent with the iron donkey, Jiang Shaoyan and the old cat lived in the other one, and the others were also in groups of two. The evil king divided the work among the dwarfs, and anyway, at all the time of the night, there were people who took turns to stand guard.
I found that these little dwarfs were so energetic that those who didn't rotate didn't want to sleep and get together to play pai gow.
And I want to complain, they don't have any money, just play without expression, this can still play with great interest, I and the iron donkey's tent is very close to where they play cards, I always listen to their Abaaba.
I didn't go to "watch the battle" with the iron donkey, I took the time to go to Jiang Shaoyan's tent to take a look, he fell asleep after eating, and the old cat accompanied him, and his arrival was not very welcome.
I saw that Jiang Shaoyan was fine, so I didn't stay long. When he came back, he lay down early with the iron donkey.
And I lay down, but I didn't fall asleep for a long time. On the one hand, it was a little stuffy in the tent, and on the other hand, the sound of Abba Abba outside the tent was very disturbing.
I just stayed up like this, and I don't know how long it took me to fall asleep.
In the second half of the night, I was suddenly arched by the iron donkey, who was not good at sleeping, and I woke up and felt that the tent was much cooler.
I was facing upwards and looking at the stars. I know that the places where I have worked, whether it is Wuzhou City or Shen City, are all heavy industrial bases, and even if it is a sunny day, I will not see so many stars.
I can't help but sigh in my heart, the air on Ghost Island is good and there is zero pollution.
But when I sobered up a little more, I reacted, and I chuckled in my heart, and couldn't help but curse my mother.
I sat up with a swoop and pulled the iron donkey hard to wake him up.
The iron donkey was inexplicable when he opened his eyes, but when he saw the stars, he understood what I meant. To put it bluntly, our tent is still there, but the roof of the tent is mysteriously gone.
The two of us hurriedly crawled out of the tent. There were guns in the tent, too, and we all got them.
I looked around, and found that there was a quiet place around, and there were no dwarfs gambling money, not even the vigil, which gave me the feeling that the evil lord and the dwarfs were gone.
My first reaction was that it was bad, after all, we invited the evil lord to go to sea, just to let him take us to Ghost Island, will he come up with an evil spirit? Regardless of the return ticket, he left with the dwarfs overnight?
I hurriedly looked into the distance and saw if the Sea King was still on the coast? Even though it was dark, I could vaguely see the huge body of the Aquaman, which made me feel a little relieved.
At this time, the iron donkey dragged me, and pointed to Jiang Shaoyan and the old cat's tent, I understood what he meant, and the two of us went over together.
After getting closer, I asked softly, "Brother Cat is not there?" ”
No one answered me, but the iron donkey had a flashlight around his waist, and he used it to illuminate it, and I saw that the tent was a little embarrassed, especially with a big hole in the tent door.
The two of us squatted in front of the tent door one after the other, and the iron donkey vigilantly pulled with his hands to open the tent door.
There was no one inside. Jiang Shaoyan was not feeling well today, and he was still covered with a felt.
I reached into the felt and touched it, but it was no longer warm, indicating that he had been away for a long time, and I told the iron donkey about it.
The iron donkey replied casually, for he was focused on the big hole in the tent door.
He touched the edge of the big hole, sighed, and raised his hand to sip it again. I saw slimy liquid between his fingers.
I didn't feel dirty, so I touched his fingers. I came from a forensic background and didn't know much about biology, but there was a guess that it was some kind of bug secretion.
Now that everyone is gone, the first priority for us is to figure out where these people have gone? So there's no time to take this slime too seriously, just to exchange opinions preliminarily.
The two of us have the same opinion, and the iron donkey analyzes that this big hole should also be bitten out by insects.
We both felt that their disappearance had something to do with bugs.
Originally, the evil king ordered that we should not be too far away from the tents, but now we can't care about this rule, we will go back to the ship with guns and flashlights, and there will be no one on the Sea King. We circled around the tents again, and we wandered around in a big way.
In addition to his marksmanship and outstanding background, Iron Donkey also understands traces.
This time we came to a bush with a grove behind it. The iron donkey shouted and waited, and then took a torch to study the bush.
I knew what he had discovered, and I didn't bother him, trying to observe.
As far as I could tell, the bushes had passed, and some of the branches were clearly crowded together. I'm guessing someone passed by, but other than that, nothing else has been found.
The iron donkey's expression became more and more serious, and at last he got up and stepped on it, overpowering a large bush.
He pointed here and emphasized, "Apprentice, if I'm not mistaken, no less than five people have been put down and dragged in from here!" ”